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Polarimetry of Comets: Progress and Problems

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry ((NAII,volume 161))

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In this chapter we review the history and progress in the study of scattered light from comets using polarimetry along with its significance for understanding the nature of comets. We present observed characteristics of linear and circular polarized light and their angular, spectral, spatial and temporal dependencies. We discuss the main problems of taxonomy of comets based on direct observations of the scattered light. It is shown that at least a part of gas-rich comets has a low polarization at large phase angles and blue color mainly due to a low spectral and spatial resolution of the measurements. The existence of the two taxonomical classes of comets is still an open question.

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  1. Institute of Astronomy, Kharkiv National University, 35 Sumskaya Str., 61077, Kharkiv, Ukraine

    Nikolai Kiselev

  2. Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 27 Zabolotnoho Str., 03680, Kyiv, Ukraine

    Vera Rosenbush

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    Yaroslav Yatskiv

  3. NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, USA

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Kiselev, N., Rosenbush, V. (2004). Polarimetry of Comets: Progress and Problems. In: Videen, G., Yatskiv, Y., Mishchenko, M. (eds) Photopolarimetry in Remote Sensing. NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, vol 161. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2368-5_19

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